Invited Center Speakers
Internationally-known education scholars present special lectures to the MSU community.
As part of the Center for Higher and Adult Education's mission to contribute to a community of scholars, a range of higher education scholars are invited to give presentations at multiple events throughout the year. For nearly a decade, the Speaker Series has helped students and faculty to think more deeply about their work and scholarship as it relates to several key aspects of higher education, both within the U.S. and in international contexts.
Past invited speakers have included:
Dr. Vincent Tinto, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Higher Education Program, Syracuse University
Dr. Michael A. Olivas, William B. Bates Distinguished Chair of Law, Director, Institute of Higher Education Law & Governance, University of Houston
Dr. Marybeth Gasman, Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Matthew Mayhew, Associate Professor of Higher Education, New York University
Dr. Samuel G. Freedman, an award-winning teacher and writer, a professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and the author of several widely admired books on teaching, religion, and American social life.
Dr. Cheryl E. Matias, Assistant Professor in the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver
Dr. Carl Amrhein, MCIP, RPP Deputy Minister, Alberta Health Official Administrator, Alberta Health Services Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Former Provost and Vice President (Academic) University of Alberta
Dr. Lisa Delpit, Felton G. Clark Professor of Education, Southern University
Dr. Kathleen Manning, Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, University of Vermont
Dr. David Chapman, Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Minnesota
As well as several MSU HALE faculty and program alumni.
Intended to build scholarly discussion on pressing, contemporary issues in higher education, the Speaker Series events have covered topics including undocumented students, addressing issues of equity, affirmative action and the courts, global engagement, faculty issues, and challenges facing education finance.
